Dozing driver faces charges for double rollover crash

A Milford woman fell asleep while driving, causing a double rollover accident that injured one woman and snarled traffic on the northbound lane of Interstate 495 for two hours.

According to state police, the crash occurred at 4:35 p.m. when Jennifer M. Scott, 43, of Milford, lost control while driving a green 2006 Toyota Corolla, which rolled over on I-495 northbound, just south of Exit 25A. A second vehicle, a gray 2004 Acura MDX driven by an unidentified 51-year-old Harvard man, crashed when the driver tried to avoid the first accident. The Acura went over the guardrail and rolled down an embankment into a ditch, according to state police spokesman David Procopio.

A 56-year-old female passenger in the Acura was taken to Marlboro Hospital with minor injuries. Her name was not released.

According to the investigation conducted by state police assigned to the Leominster barracks, Ms. Scott lost control of her car after falling asleep behind the wheel.

Ms. Scott will be summoned to court and charged with driving to endanger.

The Acura was winched from the ditch by a tow truck. The high-speed and center lanes were closed for two hours after the accident.